HEROIC STRUGGLE.
THREE YOUTHS WASHED OUT TO SEA. TWO SAVED; ONE DROWNED. (Received December. 5, 1.30 ami.) SYDNEY. Dc«. 4, Thousands of surfers, whom the exceptionally hot day had drawn to Clovelly • beach, witnessed a heroic struggle by thirty members of the local sur.f < .oluV ti to save the lives ot three youths wlio were washed out to sea. Two wefe saved and one; Thomas Woolridgc, drowned. The spot is very rocky" and the rescuers were badly knocked'about and bruised in tlieir ’ efforts; Several had to bo sent-to hospital.—-U,P-A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10451, 5 December 1927, Page 5
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